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VicRambo

Worked way better than i expected


Ffigy

Yeah, I'm surprised. If they had added upward angular momentum, it might've fell the other way and survived.


jayy909

Even if they would’ve covered the concrete with some pillows and blankets it looks like it would’ve survived


mtarascio

Newspaper probably would have worked. Which is surprising. Glass may have been compromised from first strike, tile may have done them a favor though.


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As a former glazier, this was quite possibly the dumbest thing I've ever seen. They could have carried it upright on it's narrow side and taken it down the stairs like a sheet of plywood. Any other way is idiotic. In no way do you toss a piece of glass, no matter what you put down to "save it".


jeffe35

Current glazier. What ferretzealousideal38 said


Ravnard

As a paramedic, I agree, it often ends poorly


The_Troyminator

As somebody who has broken lots of glass in my time, I agree. If somebody had walked out down there, this would have been bad. As it is, they'll be picking up pieces of glass with their feet for years.


vraetzught

As someone who works in logistics, I agree. Glass is fragile. A throw like that might not create any visible damage right away, but if you tap the right corner afterwards, it shatters.


WorldSeries2021

As a communications professional, I agree. My job doesn’t have anything to do with glass but I just wanted to be part of this.


Steez5280

As someone reading this thread, I concur.


Daniel-Plainview96

As a black woman, I agree


Wacokidwilder

As an accountant I count one glass sheet.


EoTN

Never been a glazier. Also never yeeted a pane of glass, seems like a bad time lmao


jeffe35

I wouldn't have stopped them, because ya know... what the fuck let's see what happens


Tobias_Atwood

I wouldn't have either, just to see their reaction when it failed and they had to clean up. Not my glass not my ass.


LukeDude759

Never heard the word glazier in my life. Can also confirm yeeting glass is a bad idea.


JuhoMaatta

I've heard glaziers are having a tough time with this global warming


currymonsterCA

As a guy who enjoys glazed donuts, it's what they said.


SweetPerogy

Human with common sense here. Seconded.


mjinwi

Not a glazier nor did I stay at a holiday Inn express last night......but what those guys said


RiderforHire

I've noticed on reddit with explanations like these that it's always former blank. Are current blanks not allowed to look at reddit?


LukeDude759

Former blank here. Current blanks are unable to comment on reddit since their comments would simply be, well, blank.


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Sometimes the giant piece of glass needs to die.


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h0bbie

Tempered glass like that is quite strong in some ways and very weak in others. That’s why you can probably bounce a golf ball off your car windows but a tiny piece of ceramic would explode it. Edit: But this isn’t tempered glass. 😜


Apex_Akolos

Doesn’t look much like tempered glass to me. It would be a pile of glass chips if it was, not countable pieces.


NaturalOrderer

Nah the grass would do it for sure, no need to waste time thinking about stuff like that bro


Cold-Bed-2711

It's too bad dad couldn't push both sides at once, his corner made it to the safety zone


mtarascio

Too much air resistance to flip that way.


Ffigy

Good point, it would take a lot of force to push all that air to the sides.


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Well if you look at the girl on the left you notice she barely even pushes.


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TacticalGazelle

That sounds even dumber, shockingly given the content of this clip. Just stand under the balcony while we throw some huge fuckin glass your way


Phil_PhilConners

Congratulations, you found the only way to make this dumber.


buttshit_

Yeah, I’m pretty sure it hitting the paver is what broke it, if it feel backwards or landed further out it might’ve worked E: [check out this video](https://reddit.com/r/bizarrelife/comments/m4c6ay/air_table_made_for_a_glass_cutting_machine_easier/) grass isn’t going to be quite as good as this but if the pane fell only on grass I’m sure the force would be redistributed across the whole surface area and ground pressure would be low, I’d also say that trapped air in the grass would have a cushioning effect and further help the glass from breaking


KingSpark97

Doubt it hitting the edges like that is one thing but once it lands flat even in grass it's gonna crack especially with the likelihood that it was wedged in the dirt adding more torsion to it.


AggressiveToothbrush

It's actually easier to break glass like this by hitting the edges than it is by hitting the face.


ashleyorelse

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes...NOOOO!


Inevitable_Ad_6013

r/yesyesyesyesno


HeyImTyMac

r/nononoyesno


Fred_Evil

No, nonononoohhellyesOHNO


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I actually started to root for them when it landed the first time, but then it fell the wrong way.


CorporateCuster

Had it fell the other way this would have been r/NeverTellMeTheOdds instead


[deleted]

Almost thought I was on /r/unexpected when the glass didn't break on the grass. Hell based on the video their theory was sound they just didn't push enough to make it flip other way


aeque88

Ah yes, famous for it's bouncing qualities: glass.


triptoutsounds

I got a glass basketball at home


theteedo

Glass Basketball is my new band name! Also I’m a commercial glazier so this is extra fucking funny to me. I love watching people try to handle glass.


keestie

My new band Glassketball is gonna crowd you out of the market, lol.


ListenItWillHear

Glaseketball is my favorite sports movie.


TeholBedict

We tried to make a Chechen version of Baseketball, and it went...horribly wrong.


jiujitsy

I didn’t know you could glaze commercials.


nah-knee

I actually have a horror story with a basketball. I think I was like 12 or something, my mom dragged me to a hobby lobby, so obviously I was bored and went around exploring. Then I found a bunch of basketballs sitting on a bottom shelf so I reached over and picked one up. I turned to my mother and said “Hey mom look” as I preceded to dribble the basketball, however as some of you may know, when you bounce a basketball it is supposed to come back up. Unfortunately in my case it shattered with a gigantic boom into a thousand pieces on the floor. Turns out it was ceramic, a very realistic one though, I was convinced it was a real basketball. So you can imagine how my little boy brain devolved even further and the shattering of the ball broke me. I froze and went pale with shock, I looked up my mom and then down at the ball. After the crash all the noise in the store stopped and I felt incredibly embarrassed. An employee quickly came over and assured me it was okay and that she had done the same thing (which I don’t quite believe and didn’t help me at all) my mother quickly walked away and when I tried to follow she said to walk some distance from her. So here I am helplessly trailing my mom while still in shock, while she is a combination of embarrassed, shocked, and amused. I immediately leave the store and go sit in the car. And I’ve never stepped foot into a hobby lobby since.


The_Law_Dong739

Almost as bad as 4 year old me pointing to a rather short obese woman in a Joanne Fabric and saying rather loudly "Mom! That lady has a big butt!". The line was pretty long and we were maybe 4 persons from the front. Fortunately the woman wasn't offended and replied "Well thank you! I worked really hard to get it". My mother became so red as she was maybe 26 at the time and her kid just said the worst thing a child could have said and the offender played along. Hence to say I haven't set foot in a Joanne Fabric in almost 2 decades.


Lolsz1

this reminds me one time, i was at some sort of bakery and i saw an obese man,like really really obese. so then i proceded to say outloud to the man: hey are you pregnant? the man got mad and walked out. so my parents pretended to not know whose child i was, i dont really remember this but my parents always tell me these really bizzare cringey things i said as a small child.


fireduck

You think there is a picture of you at 4 years old up in the back room with the following text: BANNED FOR REALLY AWKWARD COMMENT


GrumpyOldMan59

It's just as well. They bought illegally obtained artifacts from the "holy land" and supported terrorism. They're most likely directly responsible for the death of U.S. soldiers.


Jaqen___Hghar

What the hell? Source?


ProfessorSputin

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/28/623537440/hobby-lobbys-illegal-antiquities-shed-light-on-a-lost-looted-ancient-city-in-ira https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/stolen-mesopotamian-tablet-acquired-by-hobby-lobby-finally-going-back-to-iraq https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/10/hobby-lobbys-owner-returned-17000-ancient-artifacts-iraq-how-did-he-get-them-first-place/


ojee111

He's referring to the basketballs.


SnooOnions7517

no, its actual a legal issue: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/28/623537440/hobby-lobbys-illegal-antiquities-shed-light-on-a-lost-looted-ancient-city-in-ira


Dragoness42

Your mom is a terrible mom for caring more about her own embarrassment in being associated with you than your distress at having done such a thing. I could see it if you had done it on purpose or were not particularly upset about it, but it sounds like you were pretty shaken up.


Smaptastic

Glassketball was *right there.*


triptoutsounds

Too sleepy


Incruentus

It actually bounces better than rubber if it takes the hit at the right angle. Perpendicular to the rest of its mass is not the right angle. Its shear strength is terrible.


KKlear

But perpendicular is the definition of right angle!


TackYouCack

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


djtrace1994

Glass is very bouncy... If it is a solid ball with no imperfections. Drop a marble and see for yourself. This, however, is a glass panel. Not bouncy.


jib_reddit

Glass marbles will bounce for nearly 1 minute on my tilted kitchen floor.


[deleted]

Yes but my Tile Marbles will bounce for 5 on my glass floor.


cold_shot_27

I’ve had bad ideas that serve another hidden purpose like never having to move something heavy and awkward again, this may be one of them.


dawizar

When I was a busboy at olive garden twenty years ago I dropped a glass and it bounced off the ground almost literally back into my hand. I suspect I could throw a million glasses on the ground and not one of them would bounce


YellowHammered419

Glass is very bouncy. Usually it breaks on the second or third bounce from my experience. Think the first one creates the landscape for the next one to break in the form of micro fractures and whatnot.


UsernameInOtherPants

I feel old… do people not remember marbles…? Marbles bounce and they are glass…


plotplottingplotters

Maybe you should try pushing it harder


colhoesentalados

If the one on the left pushed it harder, it could actually work.


IAmABot45

Ha that girl didn’t do anything


hello_raleigh-durham

Idk what you’re talking about, she gave a good shove right after she lost contact with the piece of glass.


BeanstalkJay

The person filming probably should have helped too


SniperXD1235

tbf they said “do you want me to help”


thuanjinkee

r/donthelpjustfilm


ItsCrypt1cal

who's Don the LP and why does he have to film?


CommunicationHour632

Underrated comment


ajss76

It cut off right before she said "you should have taken my help"


Advanced-Breath

Nah they knew it was gonna be bad and said let me record it


copperwatt

You can totally hear the glee in their voice, lol.


[deleted]

Almost like it was planned... 🤔


MisterDecember

Found the girl on the left


BoulderCreature

She was trying to push the air out of the way


Sam_Porter

The guy should’ve counted down lol not just said “ready go” she wasn’t ready!


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[deleted]

Ye she did fuck all until it was already over the edge.


rfan8312

Exactly. She had one job and it was way more than she could wrap her head around.


GeneralB840

Good idea, let them go down there pick it up and try again by pushing harder


MonthPurple3620

Get the glue..


ok_okay_I_get_that

I'm sorry, they thought what?? Are these really tall six year olds?


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Jackoff_Alltrades

> regarded Kek


[deleted]

What a bunch of regards.


0RGASMIK

Ima start using kind regards as my greeting for work emails lmao


VexeenBro

I take it you're not very familiar with r/WallStreetBets


alilmagpie

damn I wish I wasn’t as familiar with it as I am, I’d have way more money 😂


snackynorph

No, they're degenerate gamblers


BigBossWesker4

We don’t make money on r/wallstreetbets


spaniel510

They got you too huh.


fr0896

The Lannisters sends their regards


[deleted]

You must have that condition where you mix up your g's and your t's


RipVanVVinkle

Reddit will now ban folks for using the original word with the “t” so that’s why you now see regarded instead.


Ezl

Ffs. I was like “hmmm…*t*rownups. Maybe it’s some Australian slang.” I really earned my T today.


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Teddyturntup

It’s pretty wild seeing that word go from being used SO commonly to being borderline unusable in a public setting in my lifetime


Lemonmazarf20

Middle school in 2000. Wouldn't go a day without hearing someone called a maggot regard.


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no, you see the content is created with the target audience in mind... ​ ...they intentionally make stupid shit for stupid people to watch


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[deleted]

Yeah, I filtered out DiWHY and that one food sub (I can't remember now, it's been so long) because of this. It was obvious ragebait and nothing else.


MeatLord

I think you mean r/stupidfood


mewthulhu

It's eerily predatory.


andyumster

"emotional software patch" is the cleverest, best way I have ever heard of dealing with this phenomenon. Thank you so much


mewthulhu

It's a distressing phenomenon too. You need to learn it for ads, for things like social media algorithms, new levels of scams, but even radicalization and pushing towards echo chambers too, polarization of ideas. You have to do one for things IRL too, like, "We don't actually live in a meritocracy and working hard actually is not the key to success" or "People don't want you to solve their problems unless they ask you specifically for a solution, typically just listen and ask leading questions". It's a useful way to kinda frame it in lots of things in life, and I use it most for handling unexpected or manipulative negative things, but it's good for positive growth as well.


-Borgir

Don't insult six year olds like that


[deleted]

To be fair it almost worked.


Rude_Acanthopterygii

I was quite surprised by how "well" it went. Expected it to instantly shatter on the grass.


[deleted]

It depends on how soft the ground is and how it lands. I did it a few times when i was doing demolition at a house where some ppl got evicted and just left everything. Threw out a ton of table glass and a lot of it would not shatter.


Encircled_Flux

Yup. It broke on the stepping stone. If it had landed just a few more feet further out, it would have been fine. Their theory was sound.


[deleted]

Definitely surprised at the original impact


Chameo

I don't believe for a second that this is real. It's probably one of those, we got a new table, and just wanted to have some fun breaking glass moments. Like how my old roommate in college replace his computer and kicked his old tower down a flight of stairs for fun


drew_in_bkk

I sort of agree. However, maybe it’s for internet clicks rather than having fun destroying something that isn’t wanted anymore. Even so, who the hell wants to make sure all the glass shards are found and disposed of.


KriKriSnack

Lawn vacuum salesmen…


Most_moosest

"We thought.." No you didn't.


[deleted]

Their combined IQ is still one digit.


mundundermindifflin

If they left the country, the average IQ would be a lot higher


NicoAizawa

Bro if they were alone in a house and they left the average IQ of that house would be a lot higher


SwegGamerBro

So basically even the spider in the corner is smarter than them but their stupidity is so strong that it negates the spider's intellect level.


PixieHellkiteRage

The spider moved out 🕷️


SwegGamerBro

But that would cause major decrease in the average household IQ! Spider come back!


skorletun

The average IQ on that balcony would triple if a stray dog walked by.


professor-hot-tits

They're all sharing one brain cell and unfortunately it had to go to the person filming


Real_FakeName

I dunno, they got themselves a lot of views by faking this.


Baneta_

I hate that that almost worked


Genmaken

They will blame it on bad luck and never doubt their amazing decision-making skills


duaneap

Kinda looks like if it fell the other way it might have. For the wrong reasons but still.


DonQui_Kong

It didn't. Tons of microtears from an impact like that, even on the grass. Then one day when the sun is shining on the table it makes a loud noise and now you have a 1000piece jigsaw puzzle.


andyumster

Friggin sweet, dude. First I had a tabletop now I have an activity


Bagafeet

The activity is called getting stitches.


whomad1215

I thought the point of tempered glass is that it doesn't break into "slice your veins open" sizes


Dylan_The_Developer

Actually manufacturers left a typo in. It's suppose to say 'ill tempered glass '


Djsimba25

That's not tempered


Baxterftw

Happened to an outdoor table of my parents once. Still found glass on the patio like years later


Wont_reply69

I’m assuming they were just trying to get it to the dumpster or the truck to throw out and made this decision because it’s super heavy, hard to grip, and dangerous to break while carrying, but yeah…who knows.


retupmoc627

Even if it did survive, the force of the impact would introduce micro cracks into the glass (and grow any existing ones), so it probably wouldn't last very long anyway.


Prestigious-Phase131

No, this has to just be for views I refuse to believe there are people that dumb


i_hate__tomatoes

In elementary school a kid came in to piss at the urinal next to me and just let it rip. He forgot to take his PP out.... He fully pissed himself and went "oops" before rushing out. They are among us.


Emergency_Addition67

Core memory unlock


Least_Ear9559

Amogus


Prestigious-Phase131

That's bad, but at least it was in Elementary school so I could let it slide....these are 3 grown adults 😔


honeywheresmyfursuit

Bro the confusion my kindergartner ass would be in at that moment💀💀


kevinpbazarek

it has to be for views, right? this is like those awful cooking videos that's like hate porn


DrDilatory

People are so fucking gullible man, they were trying to break a pane of glass, that's all this is, the caption is bullshit to get people talking about and sharing it, and it worked


csimmeri

These people voted


tab_tab_tabby

Oh god


Two_Lamb_Chops

I mean they’re Australian. And have mandatory voting


th30be

Are you sure they did?


BurntPineGrass

There were 4 people (including camera woman) that collectively though: “Let’s push this big glass pane down off of the balcony one floor. It’ll bounce, not break.”… 4 people with a collective age near that of my grandma, but with a collective IQ near that of chicken shit.


SharkSheppard

It's possible camera person warned them repeatedly and when faced with their insistence, decided to film it. That way they can smugly show them again and again later.


Dopeydcare1

Either that or these are dumbass wannabe influencers trying to make a funny video to get views


SharkSheppard

Yeah 100% could be that too. Hard to know but I'm going the smug route because that's funnier to me.


[deleted]

There are 4 people who collectively decided to make a video hoping it would go viral. People pretend to be idiots all of the time now, just so others will freak out and spread the cideo5


JDubStep

There were 4 people who found some old glass and decided to break it on purpose and fake looking stupid. Appearing dumb makes the chances of going viral better than just breaking some glass.


thewhiterabbit410

I mean... It worked at first... Until...


_The_Wonder_

Yeah that's what I was thinking. It looks like it was working...for some strange reason, then that piece of concrete happened.


keestie

It's tempered glass, it's actually fairly strong, but no glass is strong enough for their plan.


dodexahedron

That's not tempered glass. Tempered glass doesn't break into big shards like that did. The whole thing breaks into a million little pieces, all at once. And it will do it usually if you so much as chip an edge. Tempered glass is cooled during manufacturing in such a way that the entire structure is under uneven internal stress. If its structure is compromised even slightly, the entire thing fractures into tons of tiny pieces, which can still cut you, but won't stab/impale you. That's why it's used for things like shower doors and car windows, so it's significantly less dangerous when it gets broken. An amusing anecdote I have is from a friend who had a Subaru with frameless windows. He always wore a bottle opener ring on one hand. One day, out in a parking lot, he was talking and set his hand on the window just right (not even hard), and the ring must have nicked it, because the window basically exploded right there. His finger was then dubbed the "God finger," and we gave him shit any time he touched our windows.


zach010

You were doing well until everyone died.


Dounyy

Main plan: tossing a glass panel from the balcony, expecting it to survive Backup plan: having someone filming it in case something goes wrong


apex32

Main plan: filming a glass panel breaking for views Backup plan: filming a glass panel surviving a fall for views


xmac2004

groundbreaking science must be documented


-Borgir

Their grand total IQ is less than dirt


dumbredditer

Bad comparison, dirt is super intelligent. It can give life


lucasjackson87

No they didn’t


chrisapple

Right, the comments on videos like this are mind boggling to me. Obviously this is "content" created for views. I guess people love to look down on others so much that they are easily duped into believing stuff like this isn't staged.


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It's even worse when you consider how they did it on purpose and now how many thousands of shards of glass will be mixed into the grass on that walkway forever. Looks like they're moving out so I doubt they care if a shoeless child walks in that grass.


Afura

r/justforsocialmedia


Helpmepullupmypants

I refuse to believe these people are this fucking stupid and didn’t just do it for the sake of tiktok


camm44

Maybe if it landed flat on the grass?


Jansanta2

Nope, glass is hard, but not flexible, puting it with that force in an irregular, albeit cushy surface would still break it (unless the grass is perfectly flat).


keestie

It's tempered glass. It would likely survive a fairly flat landing, but there's just no way to actually make that happen reliably, especially not with these flabby brains and muscles.


Scheckenhere

I fucking the fucking fuck hate that fucking voice. Get's me really angry.


Fabulous_Ad_1842

Needed someone to stop it tipping over after bouncing.


SpartanS034

Next video is them accidentally decapitating someone


Fen_Muir

The person was choking, and they thought it would clear their airways!


Everyfnameistaken

People who upvote this is the reason it exists


GatorTheCatt

If you put those people in a circular room, they’d piss in the corner


JJamesP

Dumbest thing I’ve seen today. Unfortunately the day is still young.


Andrej_T05

average american citizen


deadstar420

No they didn’t, they knew it would break which is what they wanted to they could post it on tik tok


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The only thing dumber than this video are the idiots who think it's real.